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Black Restaurant Week Celebrates Local Restaurants

By Ben Lashar, Indianapolis Recorder

Black Restaurant Week will come to Indianapolis for the first time. The celebration of local Black-owned restaurants will happen just in time for the National Urban League Annual Conference, giving hungry visitors — and residents — locally owned options for dining.

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Gov. Cuomo Signs Go Ahead for New National Urban League Headquarters

Governor Cuomo today (July 15th) signed into law S.4688-A/A.6865-A, which authorizes the State General Services Commissioner to transfer state-owned lands and property in New York City to Empire State Development for an amount less than fair market value...

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Biden, Harris, other 2020 presidential hopefuls to visit Indy for Urban League Conference

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - Former Vice President and 2020 presidential hopeful Joe Biden will visit Indianapolis between July 24 and July 27. Biden and others are set to participate in the National Urban League's 2019 Conference at the Indiana Convention Center.

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MSD plans to expand opportunity, build equity within Louisville’s water workforce

Metro Sewer District has partnered with other metro agencies to expand opportunities within its workforce. The company released the Water Equity Roadmap on Thursday - a first for the company and part of a larger Equity Task Force including cities like Atlanta, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh.

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Warren makes pitch to black voters with policy roadmap

By John Bowden, www.thehill.com

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is making a pitch to voters of color with a policy agenda focused on lower-income Americans and communities that have faced discrimination.

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Russian Efforts to Exploit Racial Divisions in 2016 Found Firm Ground in U.S., Report Says

Russian disinformation operations to exploit racial tensions during the 2016 presidential election in the United States found firm ground in a country where legislators have long sought to suppress the black vote, according to a report released Monday.

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Civil rights group urges action against Russian effort to suppress the black vote

National Urban League uses its annual State of Black America report to decry Kremlin targeting of black voters.

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